The Interrupted Confession

POV: Valeria.

I stand in my quiet apartment, the silence pressing heavily against my ears. My thumb hovers just a fraction of an inch above Roman’s name on my phone screen. I take a deep, shaky breath. I need to press the call button. I need to tell him about the baby. But before my skin even brushes the glass, a bright email notification flashes across the top of my display. It is a message sen